[deedee1231]

Hi, I have never posted in the weight loss forums before, but I read them all the time. I have been trying to lose some weight/inches since the beginning of January, and I am doing pretty good with my diet, but I am not having as much luck with working in any exercise. At any rate, I have gone from 175 to 171 in like 6 weeks and I do not find this snails paced progress encouraging at all. Last night, my husband brought home Church's fried chicken and I ate ALOT of it. I told myself that I would get up early and jog, and I really was going to, but it is 18 degrees out there (6 with wind chill factor) and there is no way I am stepping one foot out of this house. So now I am just feeling guilty...and fat.


Maybe I should have posted this to the Whines and Vents forum?

[deedee1231]

Since this really does seem more like a whine than my intended "I am a little down because I can't seem to get my weight loss kicked off" let me add a few things !

I am also down because I have had sick kiddos in the house for a month now!! As soon as the sick one gets better, the next one comes down with it, and it has gone through DH and all 4 kids.

I am also down because I haven't been to church in a month! I have not been to church in a month because I have sick kids, and can't take them to church because they are so sick and it is so cold outside! My Mom came and picked up the two that were well enough to go yesterday so they wouldn't miss again, but I am still bummed. I have also missed a few of my classes because the kids are sick and I don't want to be away if they need me.

It has been a disaster to try to homeschool this past month. All the kids are way off course, the twins who I hs together are not even in the same place anymore...and I feel like I am going out of control!


Anyhow, I think all of this other irritating stuff is somehow manifesting itself in my mind under"you haven't met your weight loss goal" I set a goal to lose 8 lbs/ month over the next 5 months. I thought it was a very "doable" goal and I have fallen way short of it and I just feel bad about it.

[maryavan]

Your progress is really at a good pace to keep it off and maintain, esp as little as you are. At 263, 171 is little to me 8 lbs/mo might be too ambitious. The good news is you are losing!! Even at a snail pace you are still moving forward. When you can get more exercise worked in, your pace might pick up.

Your past month sounds rather stressful. That can affect how much you lose. Fitting in exercise might help relieve some stress. I understand about not being able to get out to run (walk for me) due to cold. But do you have some exercise tapes that you could do ( or borrow), or a fitness channel on your tv that you could tape a program? Or some cardio machinge? The basement is my workout area w/ the cold weather. We get FitTV, which has some good shows. Lifetime has Denise Austin in the morning.

Don't beat yourself up b/c you aren't losing as fast as you can. It is easy to focus on our weight, which we think we should be able to control, when other areas of our lives are spinning out of control. But do your best. Improve where you can. Be positive about the changes you are making. Biggest Loser although inspiring, really does set up an unrealistic vision of how fast weight should be lost for people in the real world.

I've been losing for 13 months. Progress the last 8 months (of which 4 I was preggo or m/cing) has been slower, but I stay positive that I'm still plugging away, even if slow. Alot of folks would've stopped caring after what we went through. But I've tried to keep going even if it is little by little. Even when my weight stalled completely, I kept telling myself the health progress I was making by exercising 6 days a week was still important.

I'm bummed b/c I'm sick as a dog right now--probably from walking outside on 25mile wind day in the cold. I'm supposed to walk (or aerobics) 30 min a day. Then dr want's toning/muscle building 30 min 5 days a week. I did get in 50 min of aerobics and toning yesterday. I walke 45 min on each of the previous days though not well. I wasn't good today though. I did nothing. Both of my ears are getting infected and I can't swallow alot of foods (like veggies). I haven't been able to sleep for 3 nights. I ate worse than usual adn didn't do any exercise. I feel bad b/c we can't try to get pregnant again until I lose 4% BMI. But passing out on the cement floor won't do me much good either. But tomorrow is another day. I'll be moving forward...

So hang in there. You are making progress!! Find some activity you can do indoors. Hopefully, your house will get healthy soon! That must be wearing you out! Feel free to gripe around here all you want

[highcourt]

Even moving at a snails pace you can reach your goal. The key is to stay positive and keep focused. One of my favorite success stories is found here, maybe it can help inspire you.